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Kai Liang’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, arbitration and investigations.
He has extensive experience advising and dealing with all types of corporate disputes relating to joint ventures, shareholders’ disputes, share subscriptions, investment and development agreements and all manners of litigation arising from mergers and acquisitions including but not limited to post-acquisition breaches and claims.
Over the years, Kai Liang has also developed an active practice in respect of corporate disputes arising from the natural resources, trade and commodities sector as well as a strong professional liability practice acting for major insurers as defence counsel for professionals such as solicitors, accountants and architects. He also regularly handles high profile corporate investigations concerning employee misconduct, fraud, corruption and other corporate governance breaches and has acted for regulators and listed companies alike on market misconduct and market manipulation matters.
Previously, Kai Liang was selected for placement under the Supreme Court’s Amicus Curiae Scheme and has subsequently appeared as amicus curiae before the Singapore High Court. Kai Liang was also awarded the Singapore Academy of Law Overseas Attachment Award and was seconded to Fountain Court Chambers in London where he worked with leading Queen’s Counsel.
Prior to joining Allen & Gledhill, Kai Liang was an Assistant Registrar as well as Senior Justices’ Law Clerk and Justices’ Law Clerk to the Chief Justice and Judges of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore. He was formerly also an adjunct faculty member teaching law at the Singapore Management University and the National University of Singapore.
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Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree (First Class) and was awarded prizes such as the Law Society of Singapore Book Prize and the Shook Lin & Bok Prize. Graduated from Harvard Law School with an LL.M. degree on a Kathryn Aguirre Worth Memorial Scholarship.
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‘The team comprising Chua Xinying and Megan Chua is very competent, possesses excellent legal abilities, and has the rigour and tenacity for legal dispute matters.’
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